LogFAQs > #970507067

Naturally, a day where I want to get a lot of extra songs in is a rare day where other things come up and delay me for several hours... continuing with the next four:

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#418: HANABIE. - Want to TIE-UP (3:41):
https://open.spotify.com/track/0w4XggYT00txykhwv2U75M?si=78cf9ab7bfa3438d

Nominator: Murphiroth [13*/32 Remaining]

Initial Score: 54.27
Revised Score: 56.49
Final Score: 61.00

(First Reaction: The song's pop rock instrumentation make it more immediately catchy and enjoyable than the other tracks on the album, but I think I'm still a few steps away from calling it something I like without any reservations.)

This song is the intro to a non-existent anime about "flower warriors" with "bad relationships". The song also has an intentionally outdated sound to it as they're trying to imitate old anime music. I feel old now. Anyway, this does sound like an anime intro, now that they've pointed it out. This still isn't really my type of metal or anime song, but it's enjoyable enough and I like the story about it being for a show that doesn't exist--gives it a "thing that isn't meant to exist in this reality" vibe that I dig.

[Final Thoughts: Huh, I was actually pretty excited when this song started playing again. Apparently, I do like this! Not enough to really say anything interesting, but enough to move it up a tier. That's nice.]

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#417: Philip Glass - Prophecies (8:12):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjyqg97lj3w&list=OLAK5uy_mDCT4_Ky0CAnSs7AexWupMqE4qQRsnc7s&index=6

Nominator: sergio [3/13 Remaining]

Initial Score: 44.792
Revised Score: 52.04
Final Score: 56.74 [Upgraded to 59.309] [Upgraded to 60.00] [Upgraded to 61.046]

(First Reaction: Funeral music. I kinda like the way it cycles back to the "Koyaanisqatsi" chanting from the opening track, but the outro drags on for longer than it needs to, so I don't think I particularly liked this.)

I think listening to the entire album in one sittin' was a bit much, I find this song more enjoyable when it's by itself and standing out in comparison to the other recently listened to songs around its placement. There's a bridge between the poetic chanting the song opens with & the koyaanisqatsi chanting which features some wonderfully deep, reverberating notes that are quite magical. it's still not a favorite track ; the prophetic poem doesn't really appeal to me--it's not exactly "anti-technology", but as someone who can only live in virtual worlds, I'm not as open to messages about the downsides of the ubiquitous nature of technology (this is a personal failure and not a critique). And while I like the chanting at the end of the song, only repeating one word for so long causes the track to go a bit stale before it reaches the end. I feel a bit more brevity at the end of the song might have helped--it's like "ooh, yes, I like how we're reprising the chanting here. Very full circle and I do like the singer's deep voice vibrating through my soul, this is great! ...Okay, I get what you're doing, you can stop now. Seriously. You already conveyed the message. Please let me go to the next song now."

...That's another overly harsh way of putting things, especially when the score was moved out of the negative range...

[Final Thoughts: I think I'd prefer the song if it faded out shortly after the Koyannisqtsi chanting comes in. Things have come full circle, we've had some of the lower notes that I love, we've got a good ominous chant, it's time to let the album end on a high note. Instead, it continues on for almost three minutes; it's not bad, I generally like what the track is doing, so it's not like I actively dislike listening to it for the full runtime--I just wish it either ended sooner or added something new to keep the track feeling fresh for the rest of its length. Still, it does some stuff I love and I kinda like it.]

[Later: Going to go ahead and add this to the Neo Clump like everything else. I do l like it, it just needs a bit more brevity to the outro.]

[Still Later: I... think I'll move this above the Clump.]

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#416: Chimeratio - Violent Reality (2:29):
https://soundcloud.com/chimeratio/xrcade-streets-of-reality-violent-reality?si=edbac97ef41e4aa096c062e8d87deb15&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Nominator: Haste [7/31 Remaining]

Initial Score: 50.00
Revised Score: 53.00 (increased to 59.00)
Final Score: ...61 points? I'm gonna try 61 points. (set to 61.05 for organizational purposes)

(First Reaction: This was certainly a battle related VGM. Yep.)

*paces around*

Well, the good news is that I'm liking the song this time. The unfortunate news is that I haven't the foggiest idea of why, beyond a general 'this is so much better than the other songs that were tied for 669th place' feeling. I've now listened to this four consecutive times and still have utterly no idea what I'm doing here.

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How's about we just call this "computerized battle music done right" and move along? I mean, that's high praise. Probably. It looks like it from a distance at least and I tend to very strongly dislike fight music, so it's a high compliment by my standards. Or something like that.

[Final Thoughts: Yeah, I still dunno what I'm doing here, but I guess I like this?]

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#415: Groove Armada - Don't Give Up (3:49):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6KbdEKikz0

Nominator: ZaziGuado [21/28 Remaining]

Initial Score: 63.00
Revised Score: 61.07
Final Score: 61.07

(First Reaction: *before listening* I know this isn't related to the Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush song of the same name, but every time I see that song name, the duet gets stuck in my head and I have to go listen to it because I'm going to be distracted until I let that song play out first. This has no impact on the nominated song's scoring, but it does create the illusion that this is a substantial writeup. Ya know, until you actually read it, at least.

*after listening* I'm not wild about the lyrics or vocals, but it's got a great beat. I'd probably really vibe with this as an instrumental, but I still like this enough to place it solidly above the clump of "I like this" songs.)

!Still feel the same way. Not into the lyrics or vocals, but the beat and vibe are nice.

[Final Thoughts: I still really enjoy the backing music.]

[Later: I really do like the backing track.]

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